Barcelona president Joan Laporta came out recently to say the club have recovered a good number of their injured players. Those comments either jinxed things or were not reflective of the true situation in the treatment room.
The only injured player who had recovered recently was Joao Cancelo. And he isn't even fit enough to start games, at least not the game against Athletic Bilbao.
During that Bilbao game, Alejandro Balde suffered a hamstring injury which might rule him out for the rest of the season, according to sources.
Here's a comprehensive list of Barca's injured players and when they could return to action.
Balde - hamstring - possibly out for the rest of the season, could return in April/May.
Gavi ACL injury - next season
Marcos Alonso - back injury - March
Marc-Andre ter Stegen - back injury - February
Inigo Martinez - hamstring - February
Raphinha - hamstring - mid-February
Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo remain doubts for Barca's game against Villarreal next weekend
